Create python function with name from array

Question

I want to create functions (def $name:) where name comes from array=['str1', 'str2', ...].

I tried the code above and already searched on stackoverflow and google but did not find any solution.

array = ['String1', 'String2', ...]

def array[0]:

     code1

def array[1]:
     code2

String1()
String2()

@Axium it's not *impossible* it's simply **highly inadvisable** — juanpa.arrivillaga, Aug 16 '19 at 17:36
Don't do this. Python != PHP and doesn't give you any great way to create variable variables. Just use a *container* like a list or a dict. — juanpa.arrivillaga, Aug 16 '19 at 17:37
in addition to the dupe target, you can (and should) store functions in any datastructure: `[f1, f2]` — c2huc2hu, Aug 16 '19 at 17:38

brazosFX · Answer 1 · 2019-08-16T17:42:24.897

You can't define a function using a variable. But it turns out that you can rebind functions variable names.

See this post: How to use a variable as function name in Python

Example of how to do that:

one = 'one'
two = 'two'
three = 'three'
l = [one, two, three]
def some_stuff():
    print("i am sure some stuff")
for item in l:
    def _f():
        some_stuff()
    globals()[item] = _f
    del _f

one()
two()
three()

Create python function with name from array

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